Author: Ming Wen
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-94-21
Year: 1994
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology
Examination Committee: B.W.E. Wickramanayake (Chairperson); A.T.M. Nurul Amin, P. Gougeon (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The economic China has brought to the reform, the structur e has b een ABSTRACT r eform program initiated in late 1970s in about significant changes in rural areas . Due private econ omy has emerged and the economic diversifi ed. However, the growth of the private economy i s by no mean s a s mooth process . This s tudy a ttempts to analyze the constraints con front ed by the private economy , with focus on the individual indu strial e n terprises in entry, s urvival a nd furt her deve lopment in Jinning county, Yunnan province, China. At the entry s t age , the individual industrial e nterprises encounter probl e ms with submi tting application and r eg istration du e to c umbersome procedures and time taken to obtain the licenses. Capit a l a nd ext ension service are mainly from the entrepreneurs themselves a nd informa l sou rces . Formal sources are far from adequate d u e to the constrain ts of governme n t policy again st individual enterp rises . Negative attitude of the people is also a hindrance. After the enterpri ses have been establis hed, there are a number of con s traints for their survival . F ina n cial man agement and con t rol aff ec t the ir proper operation. Raw materials avai l ability, particularly price fluctuation has a great impact upon these e n terpri ses. Working capital, prejudiced t ax po licy, espec i ally lack of a sound met hod to col l ect tax, a nd unregulated imposition of fees a re a ll obstacl es to the oper a tion of the enterprises . I n addit ion , t h ey a l so h ave to face the problems of selling out l ets, inadequate power supply, low t ec hnology l evel. In t e rms of further deve lopment, the individual industrial e ntrepren eurs a re very sensitiv e to policy changes . They worry abou ttheir stat us and lack of the same development opportunities as co llective a nd state- owned enterprises. Based on the research results, the study proposes a set of recomme ndation s, wh ich is further classifie d into two scenarios by taking in
Scholarship Donor(s): Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science
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